Angela Verdenius's Blog - Posts Tagged "luke"
And So It Continues...
So Luke's story is coming along really well, he and Mikki are striking sparks off each other in both the irritated-at-each-other way and the carnal way. Because carnal is so much fun, too, right?
As usual, I've been burning the midnight oil with this book. Madly writing before and after work and before bed, trying to hit my personal deadline. I have the release month in mind, have it on the calendar, and am going hell for leather to reach it.
Hell for leather? Ooer, that sounded a little kinky, didn't it? Ha!
Anyway, in between work and writing, we've been having fun (I say this sardonically) with house repairs. Let me the list the ways we are fast growing broke in the last week and a half.
1. Bill no. 1. The water in town slowed to a trickle, and Mum and I realised it when we had our hot showers and the water almost dried up. Then the gas tank started clanging and I realised - holy heck, we'd probably run it out of water and the burner was still on! So I frantically turned off the pilot light but then the instructions said to turn the doovey-lackey thingamabob off at the tap and I couldn't find which tap so called the plumber. He came, the water pressure perked up and he re-lit the gas hot water system for us.
2. Bill no. 2 A crack appeared in our old stainless steel laundry sink (I know, right? Even the plumber said he'd never seen that happen before). So the plumber had to install a new sink. Unfortunately, this meant cutting through some of the tiles above the sink. New sink in, tiles buggered.
3. Bill no.3 So now we have to get a tiler in to replace the tiles. The cats freak because not only did they have to put up with the plumber being in the house, but days later also the tiler.
4. Bill no. 4 The tiler informs us that he can smell gas near our gas meter and advises us not to light any matches near it. Not ready to to go Heaven just yet, we call back the plumber. The plumber checks, no leaks, but apparently the gas meter/box/watchamacallit 'vents' and some gas apparently escapes. Or vents or some @!&*. So no gas leak.
This has all transpired since Sun 15th. I think May is jinxed.
However, instead of whining like I usually do (and I do it impressively, if I do say so myself), I'm trying to be upbeat, positive, looking on the bright side, the glass is half full. At least we have jobs so we can pay the bills. Right?
Sheesh, I'd rather spend it on books and horror movies...
No! No, I am being positive. Today is my day off (even if it was half wasted because I can never concentrate with workers here and the cats freaking out) and so now they've gone, I'm going to go back to Luke and Mikki. Yay!
See? Being positive... *sigh*
As usual, I've been burning the midnight oil with this book. Madly writing before and after work and before bed, trying to hit my personal deadline. I have the release month in mind, have it on the calendar, and am going hell for leather to reach it.
Hell for leather? Ooer, that sounded a little kinky, didn't it? Ha!
Anyway, in between work and writing, we've been having fun (I say this sardonically) with house repairs. Let me the list the ways we are fast growing broke in the last week and a half.
1. Bill no. 1. The water in town slowed to a trickle, and Mum and I realised it when we had our hot showers and the water almost dried up. Then the gas tank started clanging and I realised - holy heck, we'd probably run it out of water and the burner was still on! So I frantically turned off the pilot light but then the instructions said to turn the doovey-lackey thingamabob off at the tap and I couldn't find which tap so called the plumber. He came, the water pressure perked up and he re-lit the gas hot water system for us.
2. Bill no. 2 A crack appeared in our old stainless steel laundry sink (I know, right? Even the plumber said he'd never seen that happen before). So the plumber had to install a new sink. Unfortunately, this meant cutting through some of the tiles above the sink. New sink in, tiles buggered.
3. Bill no.3 So now we have to get a tiler in to replace the tiles. The cats freak because not only did they have to put up with the plumber being in the house, but days later also the tiler.
4. Bill no. 4 The tiler informs us that he can smell gas near our gas meter and advises us not to light any matches near it. Not ready to to go Heaven just yet, we call back the plumber. The plumber checks, no leaks, but apparently the gas meter/box/watchamacallit 'vents' and some gas apparently escapes. Or vents or some @!&*. So no gas leak.
This has all transpired since Sun 15th. I think May is jinxed.
However, instead of whining like I usually do (and I do it impressively, if I do say so myself), I'm trying to be upbeat, positive, looking on the bright side, the glass is half full. At least we have jobs so we can pay the bills. Right?
Sheesh, I'd rather spend it on books and horror movies...
No! No, I am being positive. Today is my day off (even if it was half wasted because I can never concentrate with workers here and the cats freaking out) and so now they've gone, I'm going to go back to Luke and Mikki. Yay!
See? Being positive... *sigh*
So life continues...
Yep, life continues. Luke's story is done and dusted, edited, prepped, ready to go in August.
So now what? Glad you asked (even though...you know...you didn't...;-))
Now I am starting to plot Aaron's story. I think I've set myself a huge task, considering what he's like. Not that he's nasty or weird or anything, but he's kind of mysterious - even to me right now. Anyway, I've set myself a task, so there will probably be plenty of teeth marks left in the writing desk by the time I finish just the plotting! No one to blame but myself, really... Yet I find myself intrigued by Aaron, I really do.
Now, another thing - tomorrow we get the NBN on, this network thing being rolled out across Australia (or maybe just WA, I don't remember...I'm too cold and my brain has frozen). But some people I know have had problems connecting to the internet and getting cut-off at times, so it's going to have some teething issues - possibly - when we first connect. So if you're trying to contact me and I don't answer, please don't be offended! I'm hoping any issues (if there are any) will be ironed out within a day or two. But I WILL answer any emails and messages as soon as I'm back on-line, so don't give up on me!
Winter has hit hard here. Okay, maybe for those of you living in far colder climates with far colder winters, 39.2F at night isn't bad, but for us it's freakin' freezing! And 64F during the day is teeth-chatteringly cold. I don't do winter well. Apart from whining more than usual (and I'm a great whiner), my fingers get cold and typing gets harder. Because I'm fragile and I DON'T TAKE THE COLD WELL! Kind of like the middle of summer, I don't take the heat well, either.
Really, is it too much to ask that it be autumn or spring all the time? *whimper*
So now what? Glad you asked (even though...you know...you didn't...;-))
Now I am starting to plot Aaron's story. I think I've set myself a huge task, considering what he's like. Not that he's nasty or weird or anything, but he's kind of mysterious - even to me right now. Anyway, I've set myself a task, so there will probably be plenty of teeth marks left in the writing desk by the time I finish just the plotting! No one to blame but myself, really... Yet I find myself intrigued by Aaron, I really do.
Now, another thing - tomorrow we get the NBN on, this network thing being rolled out across Australia (or maybe just WA, I don't remember...I'm too cold and my brain has frozen). But some people I know have had problems connecting to the internet and getting cut-off at times, so it's going to have some teething issues - possibly - when we first connect. So if you're trying to contact me and I don't answer, please don't be offended! I'm hoping any issues (if there are any) will be ironed out within a day or two. But I WILL answer any emails and messages as soon as I'm back on-line, so don't give up on me!
Winter has hit hard here. Okay, maybe for those of you living in far colder climates with far colder winters, 39.2F at night isn't bad, but for us it's freakin' freezing! And 64F during the day is teeth-chatteringly cold. I don't do winter well. Apart from whining more than usual (and I'm a great whiner), my fingers get cold and typing gets harder. Because I'm fragile and I DON'T TAKE THE COLD WELL! Kind of like the middle of summer, I don't take the heat well, either.
Really, is it too much to ask that it be autumn or spring all the time? *whimper*
